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Wood Staining

Flood Coating

This is how we apply stain, primer or paint to wood. We use a combination of airless and HVLP  sprayers. The idea is to  soak, saturate the wood with stain, paint or clear coat until the product is full. We do this in 3 stages around the log building

Staining Yellow Cedar

A beautiful example of yellow cedar house logs finished in Timber Pro Coatings

Before:

Yellow cedar house logs ready for stain

Log Staining Yellow (white) Cedar

After!

Yellow cedar house logs stained in Timber Pro Coatings

Yellow Cedar log home finishing applicator, Alberta Canada

This is an example of a before / after of log staining done properly.

This is an example of what log walls look like when you use 3 coats of Timber Pro Coatings (6 coats on the log ends) after I'm done with it. Beautiful long-lasting log finishing!

yellow cedar house logs finishing - PAINTING Guys

Staining Log Railings Next

Staining Log Ends

How I Stain The Log Ends:

  • CLEAN OUT THE DUST!!!
  • Use Titan Airless high pressure sprayer
  • Inject stain DEEP into the cracks and ends
  • Leave it for 5 minutes and brush out.
  • Repeat this sometimes up to 6 coats until the log ends do not absorb new stain

How Much Stain Do Apply On A Log Home?

Log Home Staining - Timber Pro Coatings

Douglas Fir log shop stained and clear coated using Timber Pro Coatings.

This is a 3 coat process. Each coat is flood-coated, which means getting a log to soak as much stain as it will absorb per coat.  
As the stain absorbs into the wood you back brush it out until there are no drips or sagging (until it looks even and absorbed).  We do this three times around the building.
By the time you are on the 3rd coat, the wood is what we call “full” which means you no longer see any dry spots.